Crossword clues for misspeak
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Misspeak \Mis*speak"\, v. i. To err in speaking.
Misspeak \Mis*speak"\, v. t. To utter wrongly.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
vb. 1 (context intransitive chiefly _US English) To fail to pronounce, utter, or speak correctly 2 (context intransitive obsolete English) To speak insultingly or disrespectfully.
Usage examples of "misspeak".
I suspect deliberately, if by seeming to misspeak, he can put me in a bad light.
I corrected her, feeling, yet again, that I was misspeaking myself and hiding behind solemnity.
I had spent two years in relative safety, not having to worry that the slightest misspoken word might lead to disaster.
But the procurator was both frightened enough and angry enough to react violently if a colleague misspoke himself at this juncture.
Maybe the sheriff had got wind of Adams' off-and-on moonshining operation and was out to do some checking, hoping that some neighbor might misspeak himself.
Maybe the sheriff had got wind of Adams” off-and-on moonshining operation and was out to do some checking, hoping that some neighbor might misspeak himself.